Question Would this iPad setup work for PC gaming?

[9to5tech]

ok so what if I take the m1 ipad pro with 16 gb ram and use a windows virtual machine(utm) and install windows 10 and give the virtual machine 12 gb ram and 6 cores? Will the virtual machine perfom similar to a m1 macbook air and will I be able to play games like gta 5 as m1 can play those games?

 

[USAFRet]

No.
Gaming through a VM, indeed ANY operation through a VM, is subpar compared to using the actual machine.

 

[9to5tech]

No.
Gaming through a VM, indeed ANY operation through a VM, is subpar compared to using the actual machine.

ok but would I be able to play games on that

 

[9to5tech]

So I found a nice ipad setup that costs more than a pc setup but it nice.
So the first thing you need to do is use the 16gb ram ipad pro(m1) and an external display. Then use a windows virtual machine(utm) and give 12 gb ram and 6 to 7 cores. So finally you will have windows 10. The windows 10 should perfom well even though it is a virtual machine because m1 is awesome. So finally it is time to connect it to an external monitor. So to do this there are two ways, first way is to use a usb a to hdmi adapter and connect it to the monitor if utm recogonises the hdmi cable or just stream it. The reason you shouldn't directly connect it is because ipad doesn't support extended display. So is this setup good?

 

[chaoyang]

Why go so far? You could have just got a Mac.

 

[9to5tech]

Why go so far? You could have just got a Mac.

Why go so far? You could have just got a Mac.

Hey I know that but I was wondering if you can play games on that?like gta 5?

 

[Rogue Leader]

Hey I know that but I was wondering if you can play games on that?like gta 5?

AAA PC Games on a VM with a low power tablet processor?

Yeah no thats not how this works.....

 

[Rogue Leader]

@9to5tech STOP making all these threads asserting these ridiculous ideas.

I've merged these two threads because its the same question. I've also changed the title because NO "This ipad setup costs more than a pc(but good)" is not a true statement at all.

Knock it off.

 

[9to5tech]

AAA PC Games on a VM with a low power tablet processor?

Yeah no thats not how this works.....

yes you can play because a youtuber called max tech made a video on gaming on m1 mac with a virtual machine so you should be able to do the same thing but on a ipad pro

 

[9to5tech]

@9to5tech STOP making all these threads asserting these ridiculous ideas.

I've merged these two threads because its the same question. I've also changed the title because NO "This ipad setup costs more than a pc(but good)" is not a true statement at all.

Knock it off.

yes I know this is weird but you can still play games on the vm

 

[USAFRet]

yes you can play because a youtuber called max tech made a video on gaming on m1 mac with a virtual machine so you should be able to do the same thing but on a ipad pro

Then do exactly what he says, and see how it turns out for you.

People on utube say a lot of things. A lot of it absolute junk.

 

[9to5tech]

Then do exactly what he says, and see how it turns out for you.

People on utube say a lot of things. A lot of it absolute junk.

first of all it is not junk and second of all I don't have a ipad pro because it is dumb and third of all can you watch this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVfQ9e1PhAY
and I have a question for you-how did you become a mod?(because I wanna be one)

 

[USAFRet]

first of all it is not junk and second of all I don't have a ipad pro because it is dumb and third of all can you watch this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVfQ9e1PhAY
and I have a question for you-how did you become a mod?

I have no need to watch a video about devices that are completely different than what this conversation is about.
A Mac is not an iPad.

 

[9to5tech]

I have no need to watch a video about devices that are completely different than what this conversation is about.
A Mac is not an iPad.

they both have the same chip right?

 

[USAFRet]

they both have the same chip right?

What has your research shown?

 

[9to5tech]

What has your research shown?

umm what do you mean? they have the same chip

 

[USAFRet]

umm what do you mean? they have the same chip

Then you know the answer to your question.

Now...is everything else the same? A system is more than just the CPU.

What comparison benchmarks have you seen?
Not just some dude on utube...actual comparisons, with actual numbers.

 

[Rogue Leader]

first of all it is not junk and second of all I don't have a ipad pro because it is dumb and third of all can you watch this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVfQ9e1PhAY
and I have a question for you-how did you become a mod?(because I wanna be one)

THEN WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS QUESTION? If you think its dumb who cares?

Theres a video of a guy on youtube doing it, great then it answers your question. The M1 in the Mac and M1 in the iPad pro are the same thing.

GTA 5 is an 8 year old game. It seems to work OK (30fps) according to his video. You want to play something new on there? Yeah good luck.

And in terms of being a mod, if you have to ask you're not going to be one.

 

[9to5tech]

THEN WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS QUESTION? If you think its dumb who cares?

Theres a video of a guy on youtube doing it, great then it answers your question. The M1 in the Mac and M1 in the iPad pro are the same thing.

GTA 5 is an 8 year old game. It seems to work OK (30fps) according to his video. You want to play something new on there? Yeah good luck.

And in terms of being a mod, if you have to ask you're not going to be one.

ok but I will be a mod because I have a lot of knowledge

 

[logainofhades]

ok but I will be a mod because I have a lot of knowledge

Sorry but that's not how it works here. Knowledge is only part of what it takes to be a mod.

 

[chaoyang]

ok but I will be a mod because I have a lot of knowledge

Really now @9to5tech?

You literally just made two thread, asking the same questions, that nobody has an answer to because nobody in the right mind would get an ipad pro just to turn it into an low-end pc, when they could have spent the money on an decent pc that is made to handle PC games.

 

[Rogue Leader]

ok but I will be a mod because I have a lot of knowledge

Yeah thats not how this works. I'm not going into how you become one because its not something you apply for, its something you are offered.

Coming to the forum posting inane questions, repeatedly, on the same subject, are not how you get chosen.

 

[Alabalcho]

they both have the same chip right?

A Mac runs MacOS - full-blown OS. iPad runs iOS/iPadOS - very limited (especially on Apple device) where if something is not on AppleStore, you cant have it. Is there VirtualBox / VmWare / Parallelis on iPad store?

As for "Same CPU": Before M CPUs, iPads ran of off-the-shelf ARM CPUs. This did not make them more than shiny objects.

 

[9to5tech]

A Mac runs MacOS - full-blown OS. iPad runs iOS/iPadOS - very limited (especially on Apple device) where if something is not on AppleStore, you cant have it. Is there VirtualBox / VmWare / Parallelis on iPad store?

As for "Same CPU": Before M CPUs, iPads ran of off-the-shelf ARM CPUs. This did not make them more than shiny objects.

there is utm for ipad

 

[John Chesterfield]

ok but I will be a mod because I have a lot of knowledge

The irony is strong here. Judging by your question and your responses to the answers, I'd beg to differ.